Blog Journal

Now that bows and ribbons are put away and the blur of Christmas lights give way to musing for the New Year… My thoughts are focusing on a small group of family, friends and pastors who sleepily boarded one of many planes headed for the Orient. They departed when stars burn bright and late evening…
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Christmas Eve is here, at last. Bells are ringing, children singing…and tomorrow, Christmas day we light the last Advent candle. Placing an Advent wreath in the home and lighting Advent Candles became a tradition during post-Reformation Germany. I can only imagine that many believers during this time period, seeking intimacy with God were immediately drawn…
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This morning, long before sun rays kissed morning clouds of dawn, truth was given me. I have read this passage of scripture many times. Generally reading and passing by, reading steadily onward… to light on another flowers’ nectar… stopping elsewhere in the book of Luke, Mary’s’ betrothal perhaps….swaddling clothes….shepherds keeping watch by night….not to sip…
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Opening up email this morning, I read some very exciting news about the other side of the world. The Christmas boxes that my grandchildren had sponsored were delivered. Yippee! This is such a double blessing for us. Double blessing? You see, the Samaritan Purse boxes that my grandchildren sponsored had been delivered to children who…
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As the season of Advent bids good night and candles lean in to kiss green boughs, I find my thoughts returning to the Word spoken through the prophet Isaiah. I love this book, don’t you? It is my favorite of all the writings God has given to us. I don’t know why this book draws…
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Tonight marked the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, one of the year’s top night light shows and as predicted it did not disappoint. While watching God’s glory blaze across the clear night sky, I remembered the story about the star that announced Christ’s birth. “Where is He that is born King of the Jews?…
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Advent week 3: This week I have been especially encouraged to pray. From below, looking upward. I have been reading about the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It is fascinating to learn about the techniques developed by the Italian Renaissance artists as they created frescos. I have often wondered if I should give it…
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“Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn’t change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon” James 1: 17. Thank you God that You are good. Goodness is your nature and character. You-Goodness is your name.…
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As a child, I was taught a wonderful little rhyme that even today sparks my imagination and returns me to the wonder and simplicity of childhood. The poem was published in England in 1806 by Jane Taylor, but with sister Ann, was recited much earlier. The poem was first entitled, “The Star”. Maybe you have…
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Sunday last, the season of Advent began. Advent is here! I think Advent has to be my favorite time of year. When leaves burnt scarlet flutter earthward and the temperature drops low, I find myself being drawn to candles. Candles fascinate… Remember the amazement and child-like wonder in watching a candle burn… striking match with…
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